Marina Smolyanov

Marina Naomi Smolyanov is a global expert, a passionate Keynote speaker and a lecturer for Innovation, Creative Communication, Storytelling, Management strategies, Leadership Training and Entrepreneurship - for the new age.
Leadership/ Strategy / Branding/ Communication

Marina ranks among the very best speakers and innovators in Israel. She is an electrifying public speaker, her energy is addicting, and her interaction with the audience is inspiring and unforgettable. This is her superpower for creating organizational transformation in communication, leadership, and innovation.

She is a senior lecturer at the IDC- for innovation, entrepreneurship, and communication strategies, as well for government ministries and international corporations.

Marina is a Board Member of Virtual Speakers Association- International (VSA). She was a former Spokeswoman at the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament), she worked in senior Public Diplomacy positions on behalf of the government in Washington, DC, Madrid, Los Angeles, and Guatemala. She is the founder and President of a professional community of Speakers in Israel - "Toast Tel Aviv," and was a candidate for the Tel Aviv municipal elections in 2018.

She also served as the MC at the Annual Immigration Conference in Israel at the Cinematheque, Tel Aviv 2016, and acted as keynote speaker at 'The Women Economic Forum" New Delhi, India, to an audience of 2000 people.

Marina immigrated to Israel in 1990 from Ukraine. Since then, she has lived and worked in 5 different countries (Israel, Spain, US, Guatemala, Ukraine). She speaks 5 languages: Russian, Hebrew, English, Spanish, and Arabic.

Marina holds M.B.A- from Lehigh University, Global Village for Future Leaders, M.A. in Government and Public Policy, and a B.A. in Communication and Psychology, From Tel-Aviv University.

Marina specializes in leading organizational transformation while developing smart management strategies. Throughout more than 12 years as a lecturer, facilitator and consultant, Marina has influenced and inspired leading companies in Israel and the world, universities and government offices. To date, she has delivered over 1200 lectures, courses and workshops (in Hebrew, English and Russian).